NAME

       mkpasswd-ratbox - Hash password to use with ratbox.

SYNOPSIS

       mkpasswd-ratbox  [-m|-d|-b|-e] [-l saltlength] [-r rounds] [-s salt] [-p plaintext]

DESCRIPTION

       -m Generate an MD5 password.

       -d Generate a DES password.

       -b Generate a BlowFish password.

       -e Generate an Extended DES password.

       -l Specify a length for a random MD5 or BlowFish salt.

       -r Specify a number of rounds for a BlowFish or Extended DES password.
          BlowFish:  default 4, no more than 6 recommended
          Extended DES:  default 25

       -s  Specify  a  salt,  2  alphanumeric  characters for DES, up to 16 for MD5, up to 22 for
       BlowFish, and 4 for Extended DES.

       -p Specify a plaintext password to use.

EXAMPLE

         mkpasswd -m -s 3dr -p test

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Arnaud Cornet for debian and is distributed under the GPL.

                                        09 September 2007                      MKPASSWD-RATBOX(8)